This project aims to introduce
computing into traditional culinary utensils. It seeks to provide information,
in an integrated manner, about any food the spoon is in contact with, and to
offer suggestions to improve the food. The spoon is equipped with sensors that
measure temperature, acidity, salinity, and viscosity, and is connected to a
computer via a cable. The sensors evaluate the different properties of the food,
and send them to the computer for further processing. Apart from consolidating
measurements that are normally done by an array of equipments into a single
spoon, the information obtained can be used to advise the users what their next
step should be; for example, it tells the user if there is not enough salt in
the brine prepared to make pickles.